Re: [linux-lvm] Why vgscan not in kernel?

From: Steven Lembark <lembark wrkhors com>

To: linux-lvm sistina com

Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Why vgscan not in kernel?

Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:35:23 -0500

>> upon boot, SCSI and IDE drivers check harddrives attached to the device
>> for partitions. Wouldn't it be better to have similar functionality
>> (scanning for VG's) for LVM in the kernel, instead of using a userland
>> command?
It is rather dangerous unless you have a separate kernel w/o LVM or
a boot option (e.g., -lm) that allows booting with LVM turned off.
Otherwise you can easily end up unable to reboot with a corrupt LVM
system.